What to Watch on HBO Max in November 2026

November is a busy month on HBO Max. There are almost a dozen cool-looking documentaries on the way, along with the return of two popular HBO series, and much more. Here are our choices for the best TV shows and movies coming to HBO Max this month, followed by the complete listings.

The Gilded Age: Season 4 (November 1)

HBO’s wildly popular historical drama chronicling the financial excesses of the 1880s enters its fourth season, and if you haven’t hopped onto The Gilded Age yet, it’s well worth watching to see what the world felt like when sweeping technological changes drastically disrupted the way everybody, rich and poor alike, lived. Are you thinking there’s an allegory for modern times here? Probably. It’s also a wickedly cutting examination of the gulf between old and new money, with killer performances.

• Stars:Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson

City of God: The Fight Rages On: Season 2 (November 8)

City of God (2002) is one of the most successful Brazilian films of all time, a unique and vivid look at the crime-riddled favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Twenty years later, we return to Rio with the excellent sequel series The Fight Rages On. Now an adult photojournalist, Wilson “Rocket” Rodrigues comes back to the favela to see what has changed and what has stayed the same. The second season focuses on the power vacuum caused by the death of drug lord Curió.

• Stars:Alexandre Rodrigues, Roberta Rodrigues, Andréia Horta

The Detour With David Chang (November 16)

One of the many great things about America is its food, and in this six-episode series from CNN, restaurateur David Chang hits the open road to visit some of the most culinary cities. Check out South Florida’s multicultural fusion with Eric André, Pennsylvania traditional fare with Gillian Jacobs, and more. You’re sure to see a dish that you want to try in every episode.

• Stars:David Chang, Gillian Jacobs, Eric André

Everything Coming to HBO Max in October 2026

3 Days to Kill
America America
Calcifer Yule Log
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Story
Christmas With The Kranks
The Desert Song (1944)
Destination Tokyo
Dune (1984)
Elf
Enemy
Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
The First Purge
Flipper (1963)
Four Christmases
Gay Purr-ee
The Gilded Age Podcast – Season 4
The Gilded Age – Season 4
The Glass Bottom Boat
Hands of a Stranger
Happy Feet
Hoot
House of Women
The Hypnotic Eye
Jerry Maguire
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
The Kitchen: World on a Plate – Season 41
The Man Who Invented Christmas
Meet Me in St. Louis
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
The Polar Express
Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)
The Predator (2018)
Project X (2012)
Red Sparrow
Rise of the Guardians
Scream (1996)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Skyscraper (2018)
They Were Expendable
This Is Not a War Story
A Very Merry Rickmas Yule Log
The Wolverine (2013)
You’re a Big Boy Now

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Holiday Baking Championship – Season 13

Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking – Season 3
Smallfoot

Batwheels – Season 3G
House Hunters International: Volume 10 – Season 218
Melania Rea – Season 1

Tadej Pogačar: Anatomy of a G.O.A.T.

City Of God: The Fight Rages On – Season 2

Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas – Season 2

Big Bargain Holiday Showdown – Season 1
My Big Fat Fabulous Life – Season 14

Clangold – Season 1
Crown of Deceit: Inside the Miss Universe Scandal – Season 1
House Hunters: Volume 11 – Season 264
Maniacs of the Truth – Season 1
Silent Night

Cooking With Choi – Season 1
Gift – Season 1
Madame Web

The Detour with David Chang – Season 1

Sweet Deceit – Season 2
When a Witness Recants

Beat Bobby Flay – Season 45
Renovation Resort Showdown – Season 3
The Hotline

A Body in the Basement – Season 3
Save My Skin – Season 7

Maine Cabin Masters: All Inn – Season 1
The Roses (2025)
Tony

Holmes on Homes: Building A Legacy – Season 2

Secret Life of a Vegas Casino – Season 1
The Slightest Touch

Batwheels – Season 4
Krypto Saves the Day – Season 2C
The Art of Deception
The Cursed Zoo
The Linares Files
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)

OWN Holiday Movie: The Christmas Showdown 2

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